Thanks for the answers guys! So how is the dpkg better than yum/apt/rpm's with Red Hat/Fedora/others? On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:34 PM, J Cruit <j at packetgod.com> wrote: > The religion you are missing is that it is based on the one true > distro "Debian" that uses the package manager to rule them all "dpkg" > with "apt" as the dpkg ring bearer. > > In truth I always thought a distro based on Debian was the way to go > for the simple fact that is is so easy to maintain and upgrade (as > long as you keep away from the funkier apt sources). > > So Ubuntu was that, now maybe Mint is it. Mostly though I use > Backtrack which moved to a Debian base as well. > > --j > > Praise be to Debian in all it's glory! > > On 11/19/11, Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote: >> In my experience, Joe User is not as bothered by the usual UI diffs as >> the committed ;-). I wonder that most of the FG customers are Joe >> Users, so it probably doesn't matter (?). I bet performance issues >> would have an impact though... >> >> I've never understood the fascination with Ubuntu. I've worked on it, >> Red Hat, Fedora, Solaris, DEC Unix (OSF/1), HP-UX, (others too?) and I >> know I'm missing whatever the religion is about it. Which is probably >> the similar reason FG installs it vs another. >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: >>> I understand that Free Geek has been installing Ubuntu on its computers. >>> I'm wondering if the group is switching to another distro given the >>> user-unfriendliness of the Unity interface. This would require a BIG >>> adjustment for the Free Geek volunteers and the recipients of the >>> computers. Additionally, the new Ubuntu requires newer computers than the >>> old Ubuntu did. (As I have found, the new Ubuntu is sluggish with 2 GB of >>> RAM.) >>> >>> Is Free Geek sticking with Ubuntu, or is it switching to something else? >>> If it's switching, is it moving to Xubuntu? Lubuntu? Linux Mint? Puppy >>> Linux? Another distro? >>> >>> -- >>> Jason Hsu >>> Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux http://www.swiftlinux.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >